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Summer is here, and with it, my eternal struggle over which books to take on vacation.

So I put together a list of my favorite vacation thrillers. Set in the kinds of places I'd want to be, with the kinds of twists I wouldn't.

Here are my picks.

Summer Page-Turner Thrillers

On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass

In an exclusive Oregon coastal community, three women's lives are about to collide. Cora suspects her husband is cheating, Paige is investigating her son's death, and Georgia is hiding something darker than either of them could imagine.

In On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass, we follow all three as their stories converge into something none of them saw coming. This one made it to my top 2 best reads ever.

Just the Nicest Family by Alison James

Tim takes his family on what should be the perfect holiday to a stunning villa on the French Riviera. Beneath the sun and glamour, secrets surface, and when a death occurs, the idyllic getaway falls apart.

In Just the Nicest Family by Alison James, we follow Tim and his family as every guest becomes a suspect. The descriptions had me smelling the sea air and feeling the heat of the sun.

The Vacation Rental by Katie Sise

A family rents out their country home for the summer and heads to the shore. The woman who moves in has her own agenda, and secrets tied to the house start surfacing.

In The Vacation Rental by Katie Sise, we follow Georgia as she lets seemingly harmless Anna, a complete stranger, move into their home.

The Club by Ellery Lloyd

Ned is launching the most exclusive celebrity club on a remote island, accessible only twelve hours a day when the tide allows. Guests and staff arrive with hidden agendas, and then dead bodies start surfacing.

In The Club by Ellery Lloyd, we follow four characters as their threads tangle and the body count rises. I enjoyed how everything came together in the end.

And here are two that are next on my TBR pile:

Drowning in Paper Flowers by E.L. Westbury

Drowning in Paper Flowers by E.L. Westbury follows a wealthy Dallas mother whose true identity as a kidnapped child is exposed when her husband's mistress is murdered.

The story is told through four rotating perspectives — the wife, the husband, the mistress, and the daughter. This one has been blowing up, and I've had it on my list for months.

The Newlywed by Zia Rayyan

After a brutal breakup, Morgan joins a secretive matchmaking program that promises marriage at first sight. Her new husband, Henry, is charming, wealthy, and waiting at the altar of a private island paradise. Then she meets a woman who won't stop staring at Henry, and it becomes clear that something is very wrong.

The Newlywed by Zia Rayyan grabbed me with the setting alone.

Latest Updates

• Lisa Jewell's new psychological thriller, It Could Have Been Her, comes out June 23. Jane Trevally finds a stray dog and traces it back to a house in Hampstead with dark connections to her past.

• I missed this when it dropped, but the trailer for the Verity movie is out. Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett star in the adaptation of Colleen Hoover's thriller about a writer who discovers a horrifying manuscript while living in an injured author's home. Premieres October 2.

That’s all for this week. See you next time.

— Diego Dunne

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P.P.S. I would love to hear your recommendations for thrillers you loved. Reply to this email, and I’ll add them to my TBR list. Thanks!

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